The US will resume providing security assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv indicates that it is willing to accept the ceasefire proposal

As Kyiv indicates that it is willing to accept a ceasefire, the US takes action to restore security support for Ukraine.

According to a joint statement from the two nations, Kyiv indicated support for Washington’s plan of a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, and the United States agreed on Tuesday to begin military assistance and information cooperation with Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington would now make the offer to Russia, leaving the next step up to Moscow, after more than eight hours of discussions with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Referring to US President Donald Trump, Rubio told reporters, “We hope that the Russians will answer ‘yes’ as quickly as possible so we can get to the second phase of this, which is real negotiations.”

Three years after launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia now occupies about 5% of Ukraine’s land, including Crimea, which it annexed in 2014. Moscow’s dominance on the battlefield has been reinforced by recent Russian advancements.

According to Rubio, Washington wanted a comprehensive deal with Ukraine and Russia “as soon as possible.”

“This war continues, killing, bombing, and injuring people on both sides of this conflict every day,” he stated.
Moscow’s reaction is still unknown, though.

Though he has repeatedly rejected a ceasefire and insisted that any agreement must protect Russia’s long-term security interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that he is willing to considering a peace agreement.

There “should not be a short truce, not some kind of respite for regrouping forces and rearmament with the aim of subsequently continuing the conflict, but a long-term peace,” Putin stated to his Security Council on January 20.

In addition, he has rejected territorial compromises and called on Ukraine to completely leave four areas that Russia partially controls and claims.

On Wednesday, a prominent Russian politician stated, “Any agreements – with all the understanding of the need for compromise – on our terms, not on American.”

In response to the US-Ukraine negotiations, the Russian foreign ministry merely said that it did not rule out speaking with US officials.

The ceasefire, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was in Saudi Arabia but did not attend the talks, is a “positive proposal” that addresses the frontline war as opposed to merely air and sea operations.